Shoe-sole clamp



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UNITED STATES PETER DANI, OF WEST IYIIDDLESEX, PENNSYLVANIA.

SHOE-SOLE CLAMP.

Application led October 29, 1928.

The invention ielates to clamps for holding shoe soles in place while cement used for their attachment, becomes dry.

One object of the invention is to provide a clamp of unique construction in which provision is made for clamping the soies of several pairs of shoes simultaneously.

The soles rest upon yieldable pads of rubber or other appropriate material and downward pressure is exerted upon lasts within the shoes, by vertical screws, in the present disclosure. Further objects are to provide novel means for upwardly forcing portions of the pads to cause them to hold the rear ends of the soles tightly in place, and to provide novel stationary nuts through which the clamping screws are threaded.

Yet another object is to provide a construction which is exceptionally simple and inexpensive, yet is efficient and in every way desirable.

WVit-h the foregoing in view, the invention resides in the novel subject mattei' hereinafter described and claimed, description being accomplished by reference to the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1 is a top plan view.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation.

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view.

Fig. 4 is a vertical transverse sectional view on line 4 4.- of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary top plan view partly broken away and with the sole-supporting pads removed to show the means for upwardly forcing portions of said pad.

Fig. Gis an enlarged detail vertical seetion on line 6 6 of.Fig. 2.

Fig. 7 is a horizontal sectional view on line 7 7 of Fig. 6.

Fig. 8 is a disassembled perspective view of a number of the parts shown in Fig. 6.

A construction which has proven to be highly efficient and desirable, is herein disclosed, and while this construction will be specifically explained, it is to be understood that within the scope of the invention as claimed, variations may be made.

The device embodies a plurality of spaced supports 10 of arched form, each having a straight crown portion 11 and feet 12, the latter being adapted for attachment by suitable fasteners 13 to a work-bench or other support 14. Resting upon and secured to the crown portions 11 of the supports 10, is a horizontally elongated base 15 preferably formed from a plank of hard wood. Three Serial No. 315,766.

vertical standards 16 pass through the plank 15 andthe crown portions 11 and are provided with nuts 17-18 which secure these parts rigidly together, at the same time rigidly connecting the standards with them. Supported by the upper ends of the standards 16, is a bar 19 which extends longitudinally over the base 15, said bar being secured to said standards by nuts 2O abuttin(T its upper and lower sides.

The support 15 is formed with a plurality of pad-receiving recesses 21, each having an open end 22 at one longitudinal edge of said support. Pads 23 preferably formed of rubber, are received in these recesses and upwardly swingable plates 24 are mounted in the open recess ends 22 for upwardly forcing portions of said pads to tightly hold the rear ends of shoe soles S in place upon the shoes, as seen in Fig. 4. The plates 24 are hingedly mounted as at 25, and adjusting screws 26 are provided for effecting vertical swinging of said plates. Preferably, longitudinal bars 27 are secured to the lower side of the base 15 and formed with openings through which the screws 26 are threaded.

Above the pads 23, the bar 19 is provided with a Vplurality of transverse slots 28. Slidably, but non-rotatably received in these slots, are the fiat-sided intermediate portions 29 of vertical sleeves 30. Threaded upon the ends of these sleeves and contacting with the upper and lower sides of the bar 19, are clamping nuts 31. These nuts normally hold the sleeves tightly in place but by loosening one of them, forward or rearward adjustment of any sleeve may be effected. Vertical pressure screws 32 are threaded through the sleeves 30 for downwardly forcing lasts 33 which are placed in the shoes, each last preferably having a C-shaped seat 3-1 at its upper side to contact with the co-operating screw and to straddle the vamp portion of the shoe as seen in Fig. 4. I

By the use of the invention, after a number of shoe soles have been initially cemented to the shoes, said soles may be tightly clamped in place as seen in Fig. 4 and held while the cement dries. The structure is exceptionally simple and inexpensive, yet is highly efficient and in every way desirable.

I claim 1. A shoe sole clamp comprising a horizontally elongated base having spaced sole-supporting portions, a plurality of arched supports having straight-'crown portions extending transversely across the lower side of said base, standards passing through said base and said Crown portions and having `portions abutting the saine to secure them tightly together, a bar secured to said standards and eX- tending longitudinally over said base, and a plurality of pressing devices mounted on said bar for exerting downward pressure on lasts within the shoeswhose soles are supported by said base.

'2. In a shoe sole clamp7 a horizontally elongated base having pad-receiving recesses in its upper side, vertically swingable plates hinged in the lower portions of said recesses for upwardly forcing portions of the pads, a bar extending longitudinally of and secured to the lower side of said base, said bar having openings under said plates, and adjusting screws threaded through said openings and Contacting with said plates for Y effecting swinging of the latter about their hinges.

3. In a shoe sole clamp, a work support, a

horizontal member rigidly mounted above said work support and having an opening from its upper to its lower side, a sleeve passing through said opening and having a flatsided intermediate portion non-rotatably received therein, an abutment on one end ot` said sleeve contacting with one side of said rigidly mounted member, a nut threaded on the other end of said sleeve and abutting the other side of said member, and a clairiping screw threaded through said sleeve for forcing a last toward said work support.

4. In a shoe sole clamp, a base having a padreceiving recess in its top formed with an open end at one edge oi' said base, a vertically swingable plate in the open end portion of said recess and hinged to said base, and an adjusting screw threaded through said base for elieoting swinging of said plate.

Y In testimony whereof I have hereunto aifixed my signature.

PETER DANI. 

